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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.13.6

మైత్రేయ ఉవాచ ధ్రువస్య చోత్కల: పుత్ర: పితరి ప్రస్థితే వనమ్ । సార్వభౌమశ్రియం నైచ్ఛదధిరాజాసనం పితు: ॥ ౬ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
dhruvasya cotkalaḥ putraḥ
[dhruvasya chotkalah putrah]
pitari prasthite vanam
[pitari prasthite vanam]
sārvabhauma-śriyaṁ naicchad
[saarvabhauma-shriyam naichchad]
adhirājāsanaṁ pituḥ
[adhiraajaasanam pituh]
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya said dhruvasya — of Dhruva Mahārāja ca — also utkalaḥ — Utkala putraḥ — son pitari — after the father prasthite — departed vanam — for the forest sārva-bhauma — including all lands śriyam — opulence na aicchat — did not desire adhirāja — royal āsanam — throne pituḥ — of the father.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
the great sage Maitreya said
dhruvasya cotkalaḥ putraḥ
dhruvasya
of Dhruva Mahārāja
ca
also
utkalaḥ
Utkala
putraḥ
son
pitari prasthite vanam
pitari
after the father
prasthite
departed
vanam
for the forest
sārvabhauma-śriyaṁ naicchad
sārva-bhauma
including all lands
śriyam
opulence
na aicchat
did not desire
adhirāja
royal
adhirājāsanaṁ pituḥ
āsanam
throne
pituḥ
of the father.
The great sage Maitreya replied: My dear Vidura, when Mahārāja Dhruva departed for the forest, his son, Utkala, did not desire to accept the opulent throne of his father, which was meant for the ruler of all the lands of this planet.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: When Dhruva departed to the forest, his son Utkala did not want the throne of his father or the wealth of the whole earth. Since the Pracetas were born in Dhruva’s dynasty, the story of the Pracetas will appear in narration of Dhruva’s descendents. The description is for that purpose.
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